ISSF: Global stainless steel exports slide in 2019
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Update time : 2020-07-07 16:16:17
According to the International Stainless Steel (ISSF), the total exports of stainless steel products in the world were 19.30 million tons during 2019, a decline of 6.8% year on year.
Among all these countries, the only region which got a positive increase in this regard during 2019 was Eastern Europe, with an increase of 2.6% year on year.
The region which had the largest decline in 2019 was the North America Free Trade Area (NAFTA), which had a fall by 24.5%.
These figures showed that the international protectionist policies affected seriously on the global stainless steel trading activity.